On your path to excellence, it’s time to Transform
You’re leading the way, currently on stage 4, of the AI Path to Excellence.
Continue to build a real-time, AI-powered marketing engine for continuous
improvement and growth to remain a leader.
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View where you stand
Your results place you among less than 1% of marketers globally. On your AI
path to excellence, you rank at the top of your game.
How other market leaders are doing
38%
are in the first stage
43%
are in the second stage
19%
are in the third stage
<1%
are in the fourth stage
How other market leaders are doing
38%
are in the first stage
43%
are in the second stage
19%
are in the third stage
<1%
are in the fourth stage
Advance to the next stage
Below, you’ll find your results broken down by each pathway. It highlights areas
of strength and opportunity for your business — along with recommendations on
what to tackle next to reach the next level of performance.
Measurement & Insight
Media & Personalization
Creative & Content
People & Processes
Measurement & Insight
Measurement & Insight is your area of traction
Your progress is on track for this pathway but there’s room to
grow. In this area, we’ll cover how to go from gathering the
right data to experimenting and testing ideas. This will
ultimately take you to reaching a full range of testing
capabilities, using AI-driven predictive analysis, and the
ability to automate insights, reporting, and forecasting.
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
44%
Essentials
48%
Scaling
9%
Leading
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
44%
Essentials
48%
Scaling
9%
Leading
24%
of companies have developed a 360 view of the customer by
leveraging customer data.
Here are your next steps:
Anticipate and act on consumer demand
Harness
AI to predict consumer demand patterns, enabling proactive
insights around audience needs and preferences. Utilize AI to
auto-test high-priority groups and optimize campaigns based on
real-time insights.
Media & Personalization
Media & Personalization is your area of traction
Your progress is on track for this pathway but there’s room to
grow. In this area, we’ll cover recommendations that will take
you from testing and optimizing with AI to finding high-value
audiences and enhancing the overall performance of your media in
a snap with your AI-powered media engine.
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
39%
Essentials
37%
Scaling
23%
Leading
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
39%
Essentials
37%
Scaling
23%
Leading
24%
Marketers have reported 24% efficiency gains by using AI tools
for Media & Personalization.
Here are your next steps:
Build AI models to automate allocation
Utilize
AI to automate cross-channel resource and budget allocation and
target audiences based on real-time insights. This data-driven
automation optimizes campaigns, improving ROI and ensuring more
efficient use of resources.
Creative & Content
Creative & Content is your area of traction
Your progress is on track for this pathway but there’s room to
grow. In this area, we’ll cover how an AI-powered workflow can
help you find your highest performing creative and content
across all channels and platforms — and eventually,
automatically generate personalized creative content in real
time.
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
35%
Essentials
36%
Scaling
28%
Leading
View how market leaders are doing in this pathway
35%
Essentials
36%
Scaling
28%
Leading
9%
of companies have adopted AI for over half of the end-to-end
creative workflow.
Here are your next steps:
Build or buy in-house creative studios
Stand
up an in-house creative studio or partner with end-to-end 3P AI
platforms, to establish and train AI models on your brand
guidelines, creative components, and performance. Establish
seamless workflows between creative, measurement, and media
teams to facilitate decision-making for senior creative
marketers, ensuring brand safety.
People & Processes
People & Processes is your area of opportunity
Your progress is a bit behind others in this pathway so let’s
gain traction. In this area, we’ll surface how you can further
hone your measurement and talent strategy to help you build a
team of cross-functional advocates and lead AI innovation at the
organizational level.
View how
you’re doing
in this pathway
37%
are in this stage
42%
are in the stage before
20%
are in this stage with you
View how
you’re doing
in this pathway
37%
are in this stage
42%
are in the stage before
20%
are in this stage with you
10%
of companies have engaged at least 5 out of 7 core stakeholder
groups, such as HR, finance, and engineering, to implement AI
use cases in marketing.
Here are your next steps:
Establish impact assessment and scale principles
Implement a quarterly AI impact assessment to
measure KPIs previously defined and validated by all relevant
cross-functional teams and re-prioritize use cases based on
real-world results and changes in business priorities.